Word: motor
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...Coomer is another sort of adventurer, a landsman who falls in love with a 60-year-old, 28-ft. wooden motor launch with a short mast and a steadying sail. Coomer buys the boat for a reasonable price, which is much like adopting, for a reasonable price, a child who must shortly be sent to Princeton. He names it Yonder (that's the easy part), learns to hoist anchor, percolate about the harbor, and dock again. Also to sail a bit, and what to do when the diesel fails: call for a tow, then call the diesel wizard, then deploy...
...stripped and battered hulk of one of Larry's collection of '57 Chevys. In the frantic search for survivors, someone tacked a note to the front door of Larry's antique-auto-parts store: "Larry, Joan and the boys, I pray to God you read this. I have a motor home and travel trailer... Call me and tell me you made it. I'll bring you a place to stay...
...Motor Carrier Act of 1980 defined the industry's road to deregulation. Since then, the number of truckload haulers such as Bell has multiplied about threefold, to nearly 60,000. The act also unleashed such new rivals as United Parcel Service to take away customers from the complacent. "If you look at the list of the 100 biggest companies in the business in 1979 before deregulation, today there are only nine or 10 left," says Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the American Trucking Association...
President Bok announces that the Harvard Corporation voted in favor of two disclosure resolutions filed with the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation. It is the first time the University has voted against management in a proxy fight...
...general, less pricey hotels raise their rates less. According to the Unofficial Guide, the Newbury Guest House in Boston raises its rates by $20 while the Susse Chalet Motor Lodge, located near Cambridge's Alewife T-stop, increases its rates by only $15 per night...